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Title: What is this?
Post by: debodun on April 27, 2012, 10:23:57 am

I found this in a kitchen drawer of parent's home, so I suspect it's some sort of kitchen gadget although it looks more like something a doctor would use. It's all metal and 8" long and the end slides in and out. Any idea what it is?

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: Rauville on April 27, 2012, 12:00:11 pm

It takes an ol' duffer to remember using these. Back when cream floated to the top of the milk bottle you needed something like this to dip it off.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2760312711_2f5baa9115.jpg?v=0)

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: debodun on April 27, 2012, 12:05:44 pm

Oh, thank you so much for that ID. Now I can sleep tonight. LOL.

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on April 27, 2012, 12:56:32 pm

Good one Rauville! I was thinking it might be for decorating cakes and I was way off!

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: mart on April 27, 2012, 05:41:09 pm

We had one of these posted by someone a while back !!  Same style I think !!

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: KC on April 27, 2012, 07:53:55 pm

Yepper, this is the second one within the past 6 months.

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: CuriousCollector on April 28, 2012, 09:04:31 pm

Are there THAT many dairy/creamery items coming on the market recently?  Or is it just that dairy machinery inspires a great deal of "what the heck?"?

And yes, I'll sleep better too......

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: KC on April 29, 2012, 03:25:25 pm

CuriousCollector, I think it is that more kitchens are getting "cleaned out" with the newer generations and inquiring minds are wanting to know.

However, I imagine many have been trashed because they figured they didn't need it.

Definitely a collectible as the years go by.